Top 11 - 20 Corals & Inverts 2009

Rated #11: Corals Inverts - Zoanthus Sp. - Button Polyp, Pink Stocking In 33 Gallons Tank

Rated #11: Corals Inverts - Zoanthus Sp. - Button Polyp, Pink Stocking In 33 Gallons Tank - Zooanthids
Username: Brad
Country: United States
Rank: #11 out of 128 Corals & Inverts submitted 2009
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Submitted By: Brad on
Ratings: 6.73
Number of votes: 11
Quote: Im getting a bigger one
Fish Kept: Adult Clarki Clown & Midas Blenny
Corals/Plants: Zenia, finger leathers, shrooms, pallys, zoos, anemonies
Tank Size: 33 gallons
Advice: Spend the extra $$. Its worth it!
Description: Zooanthids

Rated #12: Corals Inverts - Tridacna Crocea - Crocea Clam, Second Grade Stocking In 34 Gallons Tank

Rated #12: Corals Inverts - Tridacna Crocea - Crocea Clam, Second Grade Stocking In 34 Gallons Tank - Jawfish in 34gallon
Username: Stefan
Country: United States
Rank: #12 out of 128 Corals & Inverts submitted 2009
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Submitted By: Stefan on
Ratings: 6.73
Number of votes: 11
Quote: I like reef
Fish Kept: Clown,fire fish, fire angel, jaw fish, dwarf lion, manderin goby, 3 cleaner shrimp, blue starfish.
Corals/Plants: Frog spawn, rose bubble tip anenome, galaxia,clam, all different color richordeas, blue mushrooms, pipe coral, green star polyp, bubble coral, brain, elegance coral, blue candy cane, Eagle eye zoos, orange zoos, Purple zoos,yellow open brain, SPS, sun polyp.
Tank Size: 34 gallons
Description: Jawfish in 34gallon

Rated #13: Corals Inverts - Tridacna Maxima - Blue Maxima Clam Stocking In 90 Gallons Tank

Rated #13: Corals Inverts - Tridacna Maxima - Blue Maxima Clam Stocking In 90 Gallons Tank - My Blue Maxima!!!
Username: tatted4ever
Country: United States
Rank: #13 out of 128 Corals & Inverts submitted 2009
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Submitted By: tatted4ever on
Ratings: 6.64
Number of votes: 11
Quote: I need more coral!!!
About Yourself: I am fairly new to the hobby of reefkeeping about 6 months into it. Have made a fair amount of mistakes to learn from. But i have had plenty experience with freshwater more specifically cichlids.
Fish Kept: Currently no fish due to a recent ich outbreak. But i do have a maxima clam, cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, countless turbo snails, and 10 red legged hermit crabs.
Corals/Plants: I mainly am keeping sps, but i have xenia pom poms and a frogspawn. Of course I have some zoas at the moment. I plan on having a wide variety of zoas in the future.
Tank Size: 90 gallons
Advice: Everybody says have patience, but im saying have deep pockets.
Description: My Blue Maxima!!!

Rated #14: Corals Inverts - Zoanthus Sp. - Button Polyp, Pink Stocking In 65 Gallons Tank

Rated #14: Corals Inverts - Zoanthus Sp. - Button Polyp, Pink Stocking In 65 Gallons Tank - pink zoanthus
Username: Joe Schoenbaechler
Country: United States
Rank: #14 out of 128 Corals & Inverts submitted 2009
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Submitted By: Joe Schoenbaechler on
Ratings: 6.55
Number of votes: 11
Fish Kept: 1-clown tang,1-Sailfin Blenny, 1- pink spotted goby, 3-Green Chromis, 1-coral Beauty angelfish, 2- False percula clown's , And alot of blue leg hermit's and snail's
Corals/Plants: 3- Bubble tip anemone's , Frogspawn coral , one small Acropora Frag. , Assorted zoanthid's , 1-Colt coral , Green Star polyp's , Trumpet coral , 1- small montipora frag. , Cup coral (turbinaria Crater) green , one pink and purple plate coral Short tentacle , green mushrooms. bubble coral, green hydnaphora sp. And about 50 lbs. live rock
Tank Size: 65 gallons
Advice: Don't give up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Description: pink zoanthus

Rated #15: Corals Inverts - Entacmaea Quadricolor - Bulb Anemone Stocking In 60 Gallons Tank

Rated #15: Corals Inverts - Entacmaea Quadricolor - Bulb Anemone Stocking In 60 Gallons Tank - Tomato Clown in Speckled GBTA
Username: Tim Ellis
Country: United States
Rank: #15 out of 128 Corals & Inverts submitted 2009
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Submitted By: Tim Ellis on
Ratings: 6.55
Number of votes: 11
Quote: Pain heals, chicks dig scars, and glory lives forever.
About Yourself: Started in freshwater 2 1/2 years ago and started in reef tanks 9 months ago.
Fish Kept: 2 True Percula Clown 1 Purple Fire Fish 1 Pychadelic Mandrin Goby 1 Kole Tang 1 Copperband Butterfly Fish 1 Red Orange Sea Star 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp 3 Peppermint Shrimp 2 Margarita Snails 4 Turbo Snails 7 Hermit Crabs
Corals/Plants: 1 Speckled Green Bubble Tip Anenome 1 Three Headed Green Tip Frogspawn 1 Rainbow Open Brain Coral 1 Plate Coral 1 Dendrphyllia 1 Neon Green Candy Cane Coral 1 Neon Green Clove Polyp Colony 1 Inside Out Zoanthid Colony 1 Sean's Pinky Zoanthid Colony 1 Eagle EyeZoanthid Colony 1 Blue Magician Zoanthid Colony 1 Green Star Polyp Colony 1 Red Monti Cap Assorted Mushrooms
Tank Size: 60 gallons
Advice: Research twice, buy once!
Description: Tomato Clown in Speckled GBTA

Rated #16: Corals Inverts - Zoanthus Sp. - Colony Polyp Stocking In 90 Gallons Tank

Rated #16: Corals Inverts - Zoanthus Sp. - Colony Polyp Stocking In 90 Gallons Tank - Zoo's Farm in 90 Gal Reef - :eft side of tank
Username: tobiaap.reefs
Country: United States
Rank: #16 out of 128 Corals & Inverts submitted 2009
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Submitted By: tobiaap.reefs on
Ratings: 6.45
Number of votes: 11
Quote: These are not the driods you are looking for.
About Yourself: I'm a retail manager.
Fish Kept: 1 Naso tang, 1 Japanese Wrasse, 5 Green Cromas, 1 Clown, 1 Randell Goby, 1 Spoted Mandrian, 1 Sea Serperant, 2 Cleaner shrimp, 3 Peppermint Shirmp, 1 Sandsifting Star Fish, 1 Double Star Star Fish, 25 Blue Leg Crabs, 4 Mex Turbo Snails, 4 Bumble Bee Snails, 100 Snails.
Corals/Plants: Galaxia, Xenia, Ridged Tongue, Red Mushrooms, Blue Spotted Mushrooms, Frog spawn, Hammer, Chilli, Green Staghorn, Orange Cap Montipora, Purple Cap Montipora, Orange / Bue / Geen/ Rose / Yellow Florida Recordas, Green Brain Coral Head, Green Duncan Wiskers, 2 Clams, Feather Duster, Coco Worm, Orange Sun Coral, Orange Encrusting Montipora, Green and Purple Acan, Green Cup. At least 7 mother coloines of diffrent color Zoos. 5 more frags of new colors of zoos were just added to our collection.
Tank Size: 90 gallons
Advice: Buy some books... read them. Buy a test kit... use it. Buy some water... change it.
Description: Zoo's Farm in 90 Gal Reef - :eft side of tank

Rated #17: Corals Inverts - Sarcophyton Sp. - Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral Stocking In 75 Gallons Tank

Rated #17: Corals Inverts - Sarcophyton Sp. - Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral Stocking In 75 Gallons Tank - side shot ... 75 gal with a monster toad stool, acons, red plate green star polyps, and a long spiny urchin...who always manages to stab me when im cleaning the inside... ouch... but hes cool to look at, so he stays....
Username: Jamy
Country: United States
Rank: #17 out of 128 Corals & Inverts submitted 2009
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Submitted By: Jamy on
Ratings: 6.45
Number of votes: 11
About Yourself: I went to Maui scuba diving in the reef... I was hooked! I always had tanks as a kid so it was only natural to end up with a giant reef of my own...I love it! I have had it going for four years now, so I say its not going anyware!! Its a lot of upkeep, but so am I, so no problems for me here!! lol... I enjoy it more than watching tv!! theres always drama happening in that little world they live in too...its like the discovery channel live.
Fish Kept: 3 blue chromis 1 sailfin tang 1blue tang 1 niger trigger, sand sifting guy, and a purple yellow"jerk"!
Corals/Plants: Toad stool star polyps open brain red plate brown purple rim plate clams acros millie trumpet coral green ricordias colt coral blue and brown stag im sure more, I see things growing in it all the time I never purchased...creeping out of the live rock..mystery polyps and sponges and the colt coral.. its all over and I never bought it.. I sure have to trim it all the time. but its pretty so whatever...
Tank Size: 75 gallons
Advice: If it looks good...DONT touch it. do regular water changes! always use ro/di
Description: side shot ... 75 gal with a monster toad stool, acons, red plate green star polyps, and a long spiny urchin...who always manages to stab me when im cleaning the inside... ouch... but hes cool to look at, so he stays....

Rated #18: Corals Inverts - Condylactis Gigantea - Condy Anemone Stocking In 90 Gallons Tank

Rated #18: Corals Inverts - Condylactis Gigantea - Condy Anemone Stocking In 90 Gallons Tank - awesome clown in anemone
Username: josh
Country: United States
Rank: #18 out of 128 Corals & Inverts submitted 2009
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Submitted By: josh on
Ratings: 6.27
Number of votes: 11
Fish Kept: allardi clown, kohl tang, domino damsel, soon to be blue tang
Corals/Plants: mushrooms, polyps, xenia, anemones
Tank Size: 90 gallons
Advice: research
Description: awesome clown in anemone

Rated #19: Corals Inverts - Diodogorgia Nodulifera - Yellow Finger Gorgonian Stocking In 55 Gallons Tank

Rated #19: Corals Inverts - Diodogorgia Nodulifera - Yellow Finger Gorgonian Stocking In 55 Gallons Tank - Yellow Gorgonia
Username: Erin
Country: United States
Rank: #19 out of 128 Corals & Inverts submitted 2009
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Submitted By: Erin on
Ratings: 6.18
Number of votes: 11
Quote: Tip Your Bartender!
About Yourself: 25 yr old bartender. i live with my boyfriend luke I have always wanted a saltwater aquarium and now i finally have the opportunity. there is no rushing this, i want it done right so it can live up to it's fullest potential and i am always open to suggestions.
Fish Kept: Negro Percula Clownfish (1), Flame Angel (1), Green Mandarin {male} (1), Spotted Mandarin {female} (1), Royal Gramma Basslet (1), Blue-Green Chromis (5), Serpent Star (1), Brittle Star (1), Sandsifting Star (1), Clam (1), Spiney Oyster (1), Blue Carpet Anemone (1), Rock Flower Anemone (1), Snorkle Snail (1), Coral Baned Shrimp (1), Peppermint Shrimp (1), Strawberry Hermit Crab (1), Emerald Crab (3)
Corals/Plants: Superman Mushrooms, Rainbow Favia, Green Ricordea, Blue Ricordea, Orange Ricordea, Bright Green Ricordea, Blue Yuma, Red Yuma, Frogspawn, Red/Orange Button Polyps, Pur/Green/Org Button Polyps, Xenia, Orange/Grn/Pur Starburst Polyps, Red/Green Brain Coral, Green Brain Coral, Bright Green Leather, Horn Coral, Lt Pink Leather, Staghorn Acro, Acan, Purple & Green Acan, Yellow Gorgonia, Green Murlina, Christmas Tree Worms, Night Coral, Starburst Polyps, Metalic Green Starburst Polyps, Pink Stylopora, Yellow Leather, Pink Leather, Purple & Green Acro, Golden Polyps
Tank Size: 55 gallons
Advice: if you get a saltwater tank make sure you take the time to set it up. it isn't something that should be rushed. it is also expensive. but for my first saltwater tank i'm sure i will enjoy it very much.
Description: Yellow Gorgonia

Rated #20: Corals Inverts - Lobophytum Sp. - Devil's Hand Leather Coral Stocking In 55 Gallons Tank

Rated #20: Corals Inverts - Lobophytum Sp. - Devil's Hand Leather Coral Stocking In 55 Gallons Tank - An attempt at a macro shot of a Devils Hand leather coral and a clown fish in background.
Username: Mike
Country: United States
Rank: #20 out of 128 Corals & Inverts submitted 2009
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Submitted By: Mike on
Ratings: 6.08
Number of votes: 13
Quote: "You spent how much on a stupid rock?"
About Yourself: New to the hobby of Marine almost 2 years ago. Bought the tank for my girl on her birthday, now I am hooked (obsessed), but she still loves it too.
Fish Kept: Mated pair of true percula clowns, watchman goby, Diamond "Sand Sifter" Goby, 1 juvenile Yellow Tang (to be moved to bigger tank soon, Randall's Pistol shrimp (Alpheus randalli), and basic cleaners, incl. Astria and Nassarius snails, hermits.
Corals/Plants: New frags added: pulsing xenia, kenya tree coral, devils hand, sarcophyton (toadstool), finger leather, mushrooms, bright green zoanthids. Torch coral, open brain coral, trumpet coral, green star polyps, bubble coral, fuzzy mushrooms. 65lb Fiji live rock, 50lb mixed Fiji Pink and Flamingo Pink live sand.
Tank Size: 55 gallons
Advice: Never stop reading, researching, testing, and caring for your tank.
Description: An attempt at a macro shot of a Devils Hand leather coral and a clown fish in background.

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